3 Major Shifts Are About to Transform Manufacturing as We Know It

3 Major Shifts Are About to Transform Manufacturing as We Know It

“We are on the verge of transforming one of society’s most fundamental building blocks: manufacturing.

As new technologies enable manufacturers to customize everything, these same agents are quickly turning consumers into inventors.

Following the agricultural revolution some 5,000 years ago, humanity made a huge breakthrough that allowed complex societies to flourish: we specialized.

Technological convergence is closing the historical loop. While we used to specialize based on manufacturing ability and availability of tools, these constraints are about to disappear.

As 3D printing farms, smart factories, and autonomous co-bots turn concepts into commodities overnight, we are about to witness three major paradigm shifts:…”

https://singularityhub.com/2018/05/01/3-major-shifts-are-about-to-transform-manufacturing-as-we-know-it/

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https://singularityhub.com/2018/05/01/3-major-shifts-are-about-to-transform-manufacturing-as-we-know-it/